Chapter 419 - My Husband, My Secret Lover

Hayden King

I stiffened when hearing her call me in such a soft voice.

Sighing slightly, Stela said, "You owe me once before, and now I owe you once. Let's write it off and restart our relationship, okay?"

Hearing this, I thought of the day when I first met Stela. At that time, Stela, who had just gone to junior high school, was slim and beautiful. With a high ponytail and big eyes, she was wearing a school uniform which consisted of a white shirt and a plaid skirt.

"Hayden, this is Stela. You can take her as your sister," My mother introduced Stela to me.

I had to admit that since I first saw Stela, I had never taken her as my sister because Stela was so attractive that I had a crush on her at the very first sight. I remembered that after my mother finished her words, Stela smiled charmingly and greeted me in a clear and soft voice, "Hi, Hayden."

It has been a long time since the last time Stela called me so intimately, I thought with joy. The next second, realizing that Stela had easily affected my mood again, I was upset and closed my eyes with a darkened face, my mind in a mess.

I was used to my moodiness, Stela ignored my indifference. After rinsing my hair, she dried it with a dry clean towel. Then she began to help me clean the lower part of my body. Since my legs were seriously injured, she couldn't be too careful.

Stela first soaked the towel in the warm water and then wrung it out. After that, she wiped my leg as gently as she could and asked, "Does it hurt? Do I need to be gentler?"

With my eyes closed, I didn't reply to her.

But I could feel Stela puffed out her cheeks, feeling a little discouraged. But she continued to carefully wipe my legs.

At this time, Luke knocked on the bathroom door. He had thought that I was taking a shower alone so he asked worriedly, "Mr. King, are you all right? Be careful not to get your plaster wet!"

"Uncle Luke, don't worry. I'm here with him. There will be no problem," Stela said as she quickly took her towel off the towel rack and wiped the water sprinkled on her body from the shower head.

When Luke heard her voice, he was first surprised, and then smiled with relief. " Oh my Stela you're with him!"

Standing outside the door of the bathroom, he said happily, "OK. Stela, I'm relieved to have you take care of Mr. King. The three children have taken a shower and have gone back to their room to rest. Don't worry about them. I'm a little sleepy. I'll go back to my room and get some sleep."

In the bathroom, I sensed the joy in Luke's voice. I wanted to ask Stela to go out and ask Luke to come in and help me. However, when I opened my eyes and was about to speak, Luke, who had guessed what I would do next, walked away in a hurry.

Hearing the sound of Luke's footsteps gradually die away, I closed my mouth, speechless. When I was about to close my eyes again, I saw Stela staring at me in confusion with a towel in her hand. Pretending that nothing had happened, I asked coolly, "Have you finished?"

Obviously not. Why did I ask such a meaningless question? I thought. Then with an uneasy look, I cleared my throat and said, "Give me the towel. I'll do it myself."

Looking at me with mixed feelings, Stela replied to me with a hint of embarrassment in her voice, "This is my towel. I accidentally sprinkled water on my body so I took off my towel to wipe the water... Your towel is hanging on the rack next to you. And... I haven't finished cleaning your body yet." She meant that she hadn't helped me clean my private parts.

After she finished her words, the atmosphere in the bathroom suddenly became more awkward than before.

"If you like this towel, I can give it to you," Stela said with a calm look.

Looking at the pink towel with a cartoon star pattern on its edge in Stela's hand, I was speechless and my mouth twitched slightly. "No, thanks. I have my own towel," I said. As I spoke, I reached out to take off the towel that Stela specially hung on the rack near me.

I knew that Stela had helped me clean most parts of my body. Considering it would be extremely embarrassing if I let her help clean my private parts, I quickly toweled myself dry, hung the towel back on the rack, and picked up my clean clothes. Then I said tonelessly, "Thank you for helping me."

Knowing what I meant by saying that, Stela asked, "You are going to say something to drive me away again, right?"

Since she had stayed in the hot bathroom for a long time and had been busy helping me clean my body, her face had turned red, making her skin look tender. At the moment, she was looking at me with her beautiful eyes.

It had been just ten minutes since the last time I was determined not to be softhearted to her. However, facing Stela's gaze and looking at her lovely look, I was soft hearted again and didn't have the heart to say anything cruel to her. Heaving a long sigh, I looked away from her and rubbed my temples wearily, saying, "I'm tired."

Hayden, what are you doing? Why are you softhearted again? Have you forgotten the painful lesson you were taught? Your badly injured legs are proof that Stela doesn't love you. Even if she occasionally shows tenderness to me, she just does that on a whim. I felt like I was just a toy that Stela could abandon at any time once she didn't love me. Thinking about this, I felt hurt.

Seeing me like this, Stela bit her lower lip tightly until the color drained from it. Then she tucked a lock of sweaty hair behind her ear and said, "I'll send you back to your bedroom. The doctor said that you can't walk now." After saying that, she removed the plastic wrap on my legs, wrapped a bath towel around me, handed me my crutches, and helped me stand up.

I was wearing anti-skid slippers. When I stood up, I staggered forward uncontrollably and grabbed Stela's shoulder subconsciously to keep my balance. Then I felt a little embarrassed. When we walked out of the bathroom, I couldn't help wondering how she bore my weight.

"Fortunately, I put the wheelchair outside. Otherwise, its function would be affected if it was exposed to the water vapor for a long time." Stela changed the topic, trying to help ease my embarrassment.

When I was about to respond to every word she had said, I suddenly remembered that I should be aloof and indifferent in front of her, and then I ignored her words and kept silent until I was back in my bedroom. After entering the bedroom, I said to Stela without looking back at her, "Now you can rest assured and go back to your room."

Looking at my face which was not as pale as before, Stela looked much relieved. But now it's not the time to leave.

"When doing anything, I go through it from start to finish. I haven't finished what I should do. I won't leave until you lie down on the bed safely," Stela said. Noticing that I was looking in a direction absentmindedly, she followed my gaze curiously and found my gaze had settled on the bedside table.